diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/components/header.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/components/header.js
index 2e29084f25..8b0f540ef8 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/components/header.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/components/header.js
@@ -53,8 +53,18 @@ class Header extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     showNotificationsBadge: PropTypes.bool,
     intl: PropTypes.object,
     onSettingsClick: PropTypes.func,
+    onLogout: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   };
 
+  handleLogoutClick = e => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    e.stopPropagation();
+
+    this.props.onLogout();
+
+    return false;
+  }
+
   render () {
     const { intl, columns, unreadNotifications, showNotificationsBadge, onSettingsClick } = this.props;
 
@@ -114,7 +124,7 @@ class Header extends ImmutablePureComponent {
         ><Icon icon='cogs' /></a>
         <a
           aria-label={intl.formatMessage(messages.logout)}
-          data-method='delete'
+          onClick={this.handleLogoutClick}
           href={ signOutLink }
           title={intl.formatMessage(messages.logout)}
         ><Icon icon='sign-out' /></a>
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/containers/header_container.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/containers/header_container.js
index ce1dea3196..b4dcb4d569 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/containers/header_container.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/containers/header_container.js
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 import { openModal } from 'flavours/glitch/actions/modal';
 import { connect }   from 'react-redux';
+import { defineMessages, injectIntl } from 'react-intl';
 import Header from '../components/header';
+import { logOut } from 'flavours/glitch/util/log_out';
+
+const messages = defineMessages({
+  logoutMessage: { id: 'confirmations.logout.message', defaultMessage: 'Are you sure you want to log out?' },
+  logoutConfirm: { id: 'confirmations.logout.confirm', defaultMessage: 'Log out' },
+});
 
 const mapStateToProps = state => {
   return {
@@ -16,6 +23,13 @@ const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch, { intl }) => ({
     e.stopPropagation();
     dispatch(openModal('SETTINGS', {}));
   },
+  onLogout () {
+    dispatch(openModal('CONFIRM', {
+      message: intl.formatMessage(messages.logoutMessage),
+      confirm: intl.formatMessage(messages.logoutConfirm),
+      onConfirm: () => logOut(),
+    }));
+  },
 });
 
-export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(Header);
+export default injectIntl(connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(Header));
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/link_footer.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/link_footer.js
index 3e724fffb9..1712da83e3 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/link_footer.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/link_footer.js
@@ -1,36 +1,71 @@
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import { FormattedMessage } from 'react-intl';
+import { FormattedMessage, defineMessages, injectIntl } from 'react-intl';
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { invitesEnabled, version, repository, source_url } from 'flavours/glitch/util/initial_state';
 import { signOutLink } from 'flavours/glitch/util/backend_links';
+import { logOut } from 'flavours/glitch/util/log_out';
+import { openModal } from 'flavours/glitch/actions/modal';
 
-const LinkFooter = () => (
-  <div className='getting-started__footer'>
-    <ul>
-      {invitesEnabled && <li><a href='/invites' target='_blank'><FormattedMessage id='getting_started.invite' defaultMessage='Invite people' /></a> · </li>}
-      <li><a href='/auth/edit'><FormattedMessage id='getting_started.security' defaultMessage='Security' /></a> · </li>
-      <li><a href='/about/more' target='_blank'><FormattedMessage id='navigation_bar.info' defaultMessage='About this server' /></a> · </li>
-      <li><a href='https://joinmastodon.org/apps' target='_blank'><FormattedMessage id='navigation_bar.apps' defaultMessage='Mobile apps' /></a> · </li>
-      <li><a href='/terms' target='_blank'><FormattedMessage id='getting_started.terms' defaultMessage='Terms of service' /></a> · </li>
-      <li><a href='/settings/applications' target='_blank'><FormattedMessage id='getting_started.developers' defaultMessage='Developers' /></a> · </li>
-      <li><a href='https://docs.joinmastodon.org' target='_blank'><FormattedMessage id='getting_started.documentation' defaultMessage='Documentation' /></a> · </li>
-      <li><a href={signOutLink} data-method='delete'><FormattedMessage id='navigation_bar.logout' defaultMessage='Logout' /></a></li>
-    </ul>
+const messages = defineMessages({
+  logoutMessage: { id: 'confirmations.logout.message', defaultMessage: 'Are you sure you want to log out?' },
+  logoutConfirm: { id: 'confirmations.logout.confirm', defaultMessage: 'Log out' },
+});
 
-    <p>
-      <FormattedMessage
-        id='getting_started.open_source_notice'
-        defaultMessage='Glitchsoc is open source software, a friendly fork of {Mastodon}. You can contribute or report issues on GitHub at {github}.'
-        values={{
-          github: <span><a href='https://github.com/glitch-soc/mastodon' rel='noopener' target='_blank'>glitch-soc/mastodon</a> (v{version})</span>,
-          Mastodon: <a href='https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon' rel='noopener' target='_blank'>Mastodon</a> }}
-      />
-    </p>
-  </div>
-);
+const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch, { intl }) => ({
+  onLogout () {
+    dispatch(openModal('CONFIRM', {
+      message: intl.formatMessage(messages.logoutMessage),
+      confirm: intl.formatMessage(messages.logoutConfirm),
+      onConfirm: () => logOut(),
+    }));
+  },
+});
+
+export default @injectIntl
+@connect(null, mapDispatchToProps)
+class LinkFooter extends React.PureComponent {
+
+  static propTypes = {
+    onLogout: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    intl: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+  };
+
+  handleLogoutClick = e => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    e.stopPropagation();
+
+    this.props.onLogout();
+ 
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  render () {
+    return (
+      <div className='getting-started__footer'>
+        <ul>
+          {invitesEnabled && <li><a href='/invites' target='_blank'><FormattedMessage id='getting_started.invite' defaultMessage='Invite people' /></a> · </li>}
+          <li><a href='/auth/edit'><FormattedMessage id='getting_started.security' defaultMessage='Security' /></a> · </li>
+          <li><a href='/about/more' target='_blank'><FormattedMessage id='navigation_bar.info' defaultMessage='About this server' /></a> · </li>
+          <li><a href='https://joinmastodon.org/apps' target='_blank'><FormattedMessage id='navigation_bar.apps' defaultMessage='Mobile apps' /></a> · </li>
+          <li><a href='/terms' target='_blank'><FormattedMessage id='getting_started.terms' defaultMessage='Terms of service' /></a> · </li>
+          <li><a href='/settings/applications' target='_blank'><FormattedMessage id='getting_started.developers' defaultMessage='Developers' /></a> · </li>
+          <li><a href='https://docs.joinmastodon.org' target='_blank'><FormattedMessage id='getting_started.documentation' defaultMessage='Documentation' /></a> · </li>
+          <li><a href={signOutLink} onClick={this.handleLogoutClick}><FormattedMessage id='navigation_bar.logout' defaultMessage='Logout' /></a></li>
+        </ul>
+
+        <p>
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id='getting_started.open_source_notice'
+            defaultMessage='Glitchsoc is open source software, a friendly fork of {Mastodon}. You can contribute or report issues on GitHub at {github}.'
+            values={{
+              github: <span><a href='https://github.com/glitch-soc/mastodon' rel='noopener' target='_blank'>glitch-soc/mastodon</a> (v{version})</span>,
+              Mastodon: <a href='https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon' rel='noopener' target='_blank'>Mastodon</a> }}
+          />
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
 
-LinkFooter.propTypes = {
 };
-
-export default LinkFooter;
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/util/log_out.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/util/log_out.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e16592937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/util/log_out.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import Rails from 'rails-ujs';
+import { signOutLink } from 'flavours/glitch/util/backend_links';
+
+export const logOut = () => {
+  const form = document.createElement('form');
+
+  const methodInput = document.createElement('input');
+  methodInput.setAttribute('name', '_method');
+  methodInput.setAttribute('value', 'delete');
+  methodInput.setAttribute('type', 'hidden');
+  form.appendChild(methodInput);
+
+  const csrfToken = Rails.csrfToken();
+  const csrfParam = Rails.csrfParam();
+
+  if (csrfParam && csrfToken) {
+    const csrfInput = document.createElement('input');
+    csrfInput.setAttribute('name', csrfParam);
+    csrfInput.setAttribute('value', csrfToken);
+    csrfInput.setAttribute('type', 'hidden');
+    form.appendChild(csrfInput);
+  }
+
+  const submitButton = document.createElement('input');
+  submitButton.setAttribute('type', 'submit');
+  form.appendChild(submitButton);
+
+  form.method = 'post';
+  form.action = signOutLink;
+  form.style.display = 'none';
+
+  document.body.appendChild(form);
+  submitButton.click();
+};